| Ref ID | 138 |
| First Author | K. H. Kim |
| Journal | BMJ OPEN |
| Year Of Publishing | 2014 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902460/pdf/bmjopen-2013-004136.pdf |
| Keywords |
• Cochrane • Low reporting quality • Complementary & Alternative |
| Problem(s) |
• Intervention not described / defined • Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently • Weaknesses identified in some Cochrane reviews |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Korea |
| Aim | To assess the completeness of reporting of individual trial characteristics from Cochrane reviews of acupuncture identified from Issue 7 (2012) of the Cochrane Library, using a bespoke assessment tool: Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA). |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The 25 included Cochrane reviews were 16% less likely to report the acupuncture-related items using the Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) tool, than the 92 randomised controlled trials comprising the reviews (risk ratio 0.84, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.88, I2=8%). Information was significantly better reported for 10 of the 15 treatment-group items of STRICTA in RCTs than in Cochrane reviews ( p<0.05), while four items did so without statistical significance. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 25 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 74 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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